Jacob Black

Due to Jacob’s special favor to Joseph and those dreams of dominating the land that Joseph has, Joseph’s brothers kidnapped him. They sell Joseph to Ishmaelites, who later sell Jacob to Egyptians, and lie to their father about Joseph’s death by showing Joseph’s robe with blood. Once Jacob saw the blood, he cried out, “It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.” (Genesis 37) This insidious deception, however, gives Joseph a chance…

Genesis as Jacob becomes Israel not just once but twice. Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah making him the grandson of Abraham and Sarah. He even had a twin brother named Esau. Even though most parents say they do not have a favorite child, it was known that Esau was Isaac’s favorite, and Jacob was Rebekah’s favorite. This caused some jealousy towards Esau as Jacob wanted the approval and blessing from his father that would surely be given to Esau instead. When Isaac was nearing death, Jacob…

During the period of Moses and Joshua the Israelites had struggled with other tribes by moving about throughout the region. With this move about the Israelites, became accustomed to others, similar pattern of life, they learned to be independent and to feel free to come and go through nations to nations, and feeling strong without obeying laws. The attraction were that these tribes were urban with many agricultural goods (White, 1993). The other tribes that the Israelites took liken to was…

Series: Is our worship Sincere? Sermon One: Are we just going through the motions? Sermon Aim: The congregation will come to evaluate themselves in spending time with God. Mal 1: v1-14 Introduction Life has it up and down, and sometime we don’t feel like doing what is expected of us. I have to confess. A few years ago, I was in such a position. As a local officer in the corps, I feel like I was going through the motion. Helping people, doing church work and attending worship…

on both ends of a conflict in the stories of Jacob/Esau and Joseph. Both Jacob/Esau and Joseph end up having to endure the challenge of forgiveness as a result…

Genesis means "generation". If you were a Levitical Priest and you could not trace your ancestry to Levi, you would be removed from your position (Neh 7:64). The genealogical record for every Israelite confirmed their ownership to their land and home. It is quite often that when the book of Genesis is discussed, people will comment on how, in their perspective, Genesis was written for the purpose of having a ‘story book’ to explain why and how we got here, and where we came from. This is not…

words are identical in sound but have different meanings.” The latter “simply implies that one and the same word can have several meanings.” 155Polan, In the Ways of Justice, 191. 156Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry, 237, 245. 192 communication, the prophet utilizes various strategies such as genres, metaphorical language, and abundant rhetorical devices. Having observed the communicative function of the text, we will now discuss the theological idea that the author intends to deliver to…

within the reconciliation narratives found in Genesis, the only positive one discovered is in Genesis 45: 1-28, the other Esau’s forgiveness of Jacob ends on a bittersweet note. Despite having forgiven Jacob’s deception, Esau and Jacob’s brotherly relationship is never fully repaired. Both subsequently establish their own civilizations, the Israelites (Jacob) and the Edomites (Esau). Whereas, in the account of Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers, the audience sees that all of the parties…

God, is about the shepherds of Israel. They call out to God, because he “led Jacob like a flock.” He led Jacob because; God made a covenant with him, and led him through the lands. Jacob soon after became a leader, as well as his descendants. He helped with many things; he was imperfect but was still loved by God. Because of this, the people asked that God shine before the tribes that they have, and lead them, as he did Jacob. The tribes were odious and separated, their tribes names were;…

I was engaged once in my life. My girlfriend desire to get married was so extent that she bought the engagement ring. I was very immature handling relationships, and that usually left me with a heap of misfortunes. I did not care for her, and I took the relationship as a sport. I was unfaithful to her many times over. When I finally had enough courage to leave her for another girl, I did. At first she did not know the full extend to why I had left her. She continually made attempts to win me…